Jamaat's objection with 'mobocracy' term, Speaker says 'not an obscene word'

BNP's reserved women's seat MP Beethika Binte Hossain has termed the opposition's protest against the budget as 'mobocracy'. The opposition party Jamaat-e-Islami has objected to her statement and demanded that it be expanded. However, Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed said that it is not an obscene word - mobocracy has now become a 'common term'.

Beethika Binte Hossain criticized the opposition during the discussion on the proposed budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year in the National Parliament on Monday.

At one point in her speech, she said, 'They (the opposition party) stood on the street with a banner saying 'I don't accept, I don't accept' when the budget was published. This is a mobocracy.’

After Beithika Binte Hossain’s speech, Jamaat-e-Islami MP Rashedul Islam, standing on a point of order, said that she (the female MP) called the march that Jamaat-e-Islami held in response to the budget a mobocracy. He demanded that the word mobocracy be deleted from the minutes.

In response, Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed told the Jamaat-e-Islami MP that it is not an obscene word. When it is her turn to speak on the budget, she will be able to respond to it well. Now it is nothing to be deleted.

At this stage, Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman took the floor. He said, ‘Actually, the word mobocracy does not carry any good meaning. It is definitely an objectionable word.’

The opposition leader believes that if the MP had noticed, he would not have said it, he said it carelessly – because BNP has made such budget reactions before, many parties have done so. He thinks that this word is inappropriate here and it should be expanded.

In response, the Speaker said that mobocracy has now become a common term and can be heard in everyone’s speech. It is not an obscene word, and he does not consider it to be anything unparliamentary.